Mitt Romney “has repeatedly said it’s time for someone else to carry the Republican Party’s presidential banner, and he insists that he’s not running again in 2016. But in a Friday speech for donors and supporters at a luxury mountain resort, the 2012 GOP loser sounded a lot like a candidate,” NBC News reports.

“Romney’s speech was the kickoff of a weekend of events at a sprawling, ritzy Deer Valley resort high in the Utah mountains. About 300 top donors, supporters and former campaign aides gathered for a weekend that includes a number of other potential 2016 presidential hopefuls, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Rep. Paul Ryan. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke at a Friday morning breakfast and met privately with donors in a hotel suite at the Stein Erickson Lodge on Thursday evening.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. What happened in Virginia?”

— Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), quoted by Fox News, apparently unaware that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R) lost his seat in a primary.

Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) “is struggling to fundraise for his campaign after a federal indictment,” Roll Call reports.

“Grimm brought in $47,000 for his campaign between April 1 and June 4, according to his pre-primary fundraising report. That’s far less than the $144,000 that his Democratic opponent, former New York City Councilmember Domenic M. Recchia Jr., raised in the same period.”

Scott Brown’s (R) campaign in New Hampshire “sent a news release Wednesday questioning why Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) wasn’t appearing with President Obama while he was ‘in town,'” the Washington Post reports.

“But Obama was in Worcester, Mass., about 50 miles from the New Hampshire border. The president will then be raising money in Boston for Senate Democrats.”

A new Boston Globe/SocialSphere poll in Massachusetts finds Martha Coakley (D) leading Steve Grossman (R) in the Democratic primary, 49% to 14%.

Coakley leads a general election match up with Charlie Baker (R), 42% to 31%.

A new Honolulu Civil Beat poll in Hawaii finds David Ige (D) leading Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) by 11 percentage points in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, 48% to 37%.

First Read: “So we’re now into Day 4 of Hillary Clinton’s official book rollout, and here’s an early conclusion: It’s been a mediocre rollout, at best. Yes, she hasn’t tripped over herself the way Jeb Bush did with his immigration book from last year. But consider: Her ‘dead broke’ comment received lots of blowback. Yes, the Clintons had racked up considerable debt and lawyers’ fees after their time in the White House, but they weren’t struggling the ways that millions of Americans are financially struggling. That gaffe exposed one of her biggest vulnerabilities: How does someone who hasn’t walked alone in 22 years (thanks to Secret Service protection) relate to the average American?”

The New York Times interviewed several economists about the writings of David Brat (R), the conservative economics professor who toppled House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R) this week in a primary.

Said University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers: “I did find him pretty confusing. This dude just really wants us all to go to church, and that appears to be his economic policy conclusion.”

A new Bloomberg National Poll finds 52% of Americans view Hillary Clinton favorably, down from 56% in March and 70% in December 2012.

“The decline means Clinton wouldn’t enter a possible 2016 race as a prohibitive favorite over key Republican rivals. While she still bests them in head-to-head matchups, she doesn’t have majority support against any of them.”